The small, simple, elegant external hard driveMy Book Essential is very easy to use. Just plug it in, and you've got plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies.This drive is easy to set up and easy to use and is all about simplicity. Plug it into your computer&rsquo,s USB 2.0 port and start saving. The Intelligent drive My Book Essential offers management features: turns itself on and off with your computer The elegant case, iconic of a book, takes up less space on your desk, stacks horizontally, and allows two or more drives to stand neatly together like volumes on a shelf. The My Book Essential is an exceptionally fast, ultra quiet, cool-running hard drive.